Day one

I got to the office about 8:45 after leaving the Hilton around 7:15. The room was ready at the Horison so I unpacked before heading to the office. I was told Horison is 2 minutes from the office which was an exaggeration ... it was 1 minute :). I was brought into a meeting where I discussed the stuff I was going to do with the MoF IT team. They seemed to be pleased with what they heard. I went up to room 702 about 9:45 and was set up to begin work.

The morning was occupied by housekeeping and getting started on a more detailed workplan. Mr. Tri was interested in what resources I needed from MoF and on what days. I was told they break for lunch from 11:30-1:00 after starting at 7:30AM. They quit about 4:30 which was fine with me. I had a meeting with the IT team and IBM about 3PM and we discussed some stuff I needed from them including a rapid clone which will be ready noon'ish tomorrow.

I left the office just after 4:30 even though Mr. Hahn mentioned that I can stay later than 4:30 if I want. I rushed over to the bank amidst the Monday afternoon version of organized chaos called Hanoi rush hour. I met with Quyen and Tuyet and covered the way the contract would go down so as to get my full 14 days of professional fees. I have to go back tomorrow at some point to give Tuyet 40USD and get a receipt for my landing visa. Just when I thought I was able to get back to the hotel at a nice hour, I ended up at the Bank, returning to my digs about 6:15PM. I am now watching Portugal and North Korea play football.

I am not doing anything tonight so will eat at the hotel which is very nice and a whopping $65 cheaper than the Hilton. By the way, lunch of lamb and chicken pieces with green leafy vegetable and rice was a massive 1.10USD. Ferenge especially liked that :)